Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of the Turpin children—13 siblings discovered living in a “House of Horrors” in Riverside County in 2018—shocked the ...

Queens Village: In 1975, the Daily News wrote a scathing series on foster care in New York City. It was so troubling that Congress, via Rep. Mario Biaggi, decided to hold a hearing about what was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The foster parents who took in several of the Turpin children after they were rescued from their home of abuse in 2018 were ...

Two Scottish councils may have to pay more than £1m in compensation to people who experienced "severe" abuse as children at the hands of their foster carers. Lawyers for two of the victims said they ...

Fresno County and a local foster parent agency agreed to pay $2.5 million to three sisters who said officials failed to protect them from repeated sexual abuse by a foster parent. The county agreed to ...

A Missouri foster mother has been charged with child abuse and endangerment as authorities investigate whether she traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas for a monkey and mistreated other ...

The costs of a compromised foster care system, and some possible solutions In this series, I have talked about the paradox of the foster care system, the problems inherent in the system, and the real ...

Supporters say the bill would expand placement options for children in state custody, while critics worry it could shelter bad actors — following years of abuse allegations at unlicensed boarding ...

Kansas Appleseed analysts object to a House Bill that would extend state protection from lawsuits to private child placement contractors. Getty Images The Kansas Legislature is considering House Bill ...

The new laws implement reforms to the Arizona Department of Child Safety, strengthen the rights of foster kids, and work to ...

AUSTIN-Young adults who grew up in Texas' foster care system recounted harrowing stories of abuse and emotional trauma Thursday for members of a legislative committee looking for ways to better ...